these business owners employ many tens of thousands of people in america in the middle class. the bill before us is a comprehensive bill. it gives us -- we have heard testimony after testimony from business owners give us certainty. the democrat alternative is not even comprehensive. does not include the state tax. we will be right back here again december next year. this gives us certainty and employers certainty. job greater certainty. americans certainty they will not ever pay the tax again. this is the right medicine for 99.8% of americans to prevent them from seeing their taxes go up on january 1 and it gives us an opportunity in the next session of congress to provide comprehensive tax reform to simplify our tax code to give us more certainty and more competitiveness so the middle class can grow and prosper and we can improve our economy. i knew that my time. >> the gentle lady. >> i am delighted to yield three minutes from the gentleman in tennessee. >> 3 minutes. >> thank you. i appreciate the time and opportunity to speak on this measure. i am concerned about the fisc